Learning dowsing
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My previous article on this site entitled Dowsing (A Tool for Self-Empowerment) outlined what dowsing is and gave steps for the novice on how to begin dowsing. This article pertains to L-rods and how they are used in dowsing.
Although L-rods can be used to obtain the traditional Yes/No/Maybe of a pendulum they are used mainly for finding:
- Water, minerals and oil veins
- Geopathic stress lines
- The direction these veins or lines are flowing and/or their thickness
- Lost objects
- The measurement of someone’s auric field or their individual chakras
L-rods can be of any size, be made of any hard material and can include handles on the short end. A rod having a size ratio of 3 to 1 will have a good balance to it. L-rods are usually made out of copper or brass and have plastic or copper sleeves over the short ends. These allow the rod to turn easily. The sleeves are not necessary though and the rods can be easily cut to the proper length ratio from a pair of coat hangers.
Remember it is your intuition, not the rod doing the finding. They are just the indicators.
Holding and balancing the rods (the READY position)
Hold the rods firmly, but not too tightly, with the index finger down an half-inch or so from the top of the handles. If using rods without a sleeve, you need to hold them as loosely as possible while still maintaining the control and balance that will allow them to swing easily. With a rod in each hand, and the arms bent at a 90 degree angle, hold the rods pointing away from your body and parallel to the ground. The position resembles that of a gunslinger! To prevent the rods from swinging wildly hold the tips slightly down, about one-half inch to one inch , towards the ground. At first, you may find the rods easier to stabilize if you bring your arms in close to your body with your elbows tucked against your waist.
Determining your Found Position
First you must decide whether you want the rods to cross, i.e., make a X or to open wide, i.e., make a horizontal line, over the found item. Either method works but as I prefer the rods to open wide, (only because I can recognize an horizontal line more easily than I can determine if the cross is a perfect X) we will use that as the found position for the purposes of this article.
Walking with the L-rods
You need to tread softly as you walk, otherwise you will jar them out of their balanced position. It might help if you don¹t stare at the rods as you walk. Focus your attention slightly ahead of where you are stepping.
Focusing
What you are striving for is a relaxed, focused intent on the outcome you are looking for. You must not be strongly attached emotionally to the outcome, or allow personal desires to get in the way. If so, your rational, everyday ego consciousness will likely over-ride your intuition. In the beginning, it helps to speak your intentions out loud to your subconscious mind. Later on, you can say them silently. You must be precise, specific, positive and affirmative.
Practicing
Very few people have accurate results in the beginning. It takes practice and more practice before you can rely on the answers you receive. Repeat the following exercise a couple of times a day for seven days. Note your consistency in results. On days when you got a different result, were you tired? Or not in the mood? If so, take a break for a day or two.
Ask… Intuition, have my rods indicate the direction of North OR Intuition, indicate the direction of North. Don¹t get hung up on the wording just make sure your question is clear. Then check with a compass for accuracy. Note: Both rods or just one rod will move. It doesn¹t matter.
For another exercise, try to think of a directional question that you do not know the answer to but can verify. Perhaps someone can hide an object in your home or backyard. Practice should be limited to 15 or 20 minutes a day. Start simply and slowly build your ability. Setting a too ambitious goal or challenge will only discourage you if your answers are not accurate. In fact it may be a good idea to begin by searching not for the hidden object but for the corner of the room or backyard where it is hidden. Then you can practice closing in on the item.
Note: Most experienced dowsers, who are confident of getting correct answers, find they do not get consistently correct answers during exercises. It is almost as if the universe knows you are just playing.
About This Contributor: Diane Marcotte has been a dowser for many years and is currently a board member of the Canadian Society of Dowsers.
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Dowsing with L Rods and R Rods
From Chat Archives
Chat Transcript - November 7, 2002
Moderator: UniHOST
Guest: Diane Marcotte - Diane has been a dowser for many years and is currently a board member of the Canadian Society of Dowsers.
Diane: Hi Jay
Jay: Hello
UniHOST: blessings Jay welcome to healing newage chat, with our special guest diane
Jay: Pleased to meet both of you
Diane: Welcome to the chat on L-rods…are you a dowser? a healer?
UniHOST: pleased to meet you
Diane: Pleased to meet you too!
Jay: Actually I’m kind of just looking around the site, I’m a new guide at About, so I’ve kind of been exploring
UniHOST: i will be watching the other room as well for people
UniHOST: so happy you joined us
Diane: Oh, I hope you are able to stay awhile….
UniHOST: as do i
Jay: you bet
UniHOST: wonderful
Diane: Uni…have you ever used L-rods?
UniHOST: no i have not tried them as of yet, been meaning to get a couple of wire hangers and check it out
Jay: What are L-rods?
UniHOST: have good luck with pendulums though
Diane: They are rods - usually made out of a wire of some sort - that dowsers use to find things.
Jay: Ok, I see
Diane: The dowsers of old used to take a twig of a branch
Diane: Nowadays, most dowsers use L-rods or a Y-rod
Diane: A Y-rod is one piece shaped into a Y and you hold it by the top sections (in 2 hands)
Diane: L-rods come in pairs - you can used both and hold them like a gunslinger - or use just one.
Jay: I’m pretty familiar with dowsing, I have never really done it myself though
Diane: It can be lots of fun…and a great way to get in touch with your intuition
Diane: have you tried dowsing with a pendulum, Jay?
Jay: I live in the city, not exactly sure what I would dowse for
Jay: No, I have used pendulums though, for I guess it would be divination
Diane: Nowadays, many dowsers dowse for their own health…what vitamins to take…should i eat ????
Jay: I see
Jay: Maybe I need to do that, I’m not the best at taking care of my own health
Diane: You can also dowse for underground geopathic stress lines that might be interfering with your health.
Jay: So in your opinion which gives better results.
or Y rods?
Diane: Sometimes they run under your bed, or under a chair you spend alot of time in, etc.
Diane: The results are the same…whatever you use is just a tool to amplify the response.
Jay: Can stuff like that effect moods and emotions, geopathic stress lines that is?
Diane: Y rods are harder to use…and you would probably use them when dowsing for an underground water vein, or for oil or minerals.
Diane: Yes, geopathic stress lines can affect mood & emotions.
UniHOST: so how would we go about finding these geopathic stress lines with the L rod?
Jay: I just moved into my new house about 3 months ago, and I’ve noticed that I wake up alot slower and usually in a bad mood more often now, nothing has really changed for me other than my location though
Diane: L-rods can also be used in healing work…to measure the aura, the spin of the chakras, etc.
UniHOST: oh would like to learn how to do this as well
UniHOST: blessings doris welcome to healing newage chat with our guest speaker diane on L rods
Doris: thank you
Diane: I’s start outside at the edge of your lot…holding the rods or just 1 rod, pointed out in front of you, you would ask “”Show me the direction of the nearest
Diane: geopathic line that is non-beneficial to me”"
Diane: Then, with 2 rods I’d walk in the direction that the rod(s) has swung to.
Diane: Now I would ask “”Please open wide when I come to the geopathic line.
Doris: OK, thanks
Diane: Once they open wide, I’d turn so that I was standing on the line
Diane: Then I’s ask “”please show me the direction that this line goes.”"
Diane: Then I’d follow my rod - marking the ground from time to time with pepples
UniHOST: hb jay
Diane: - pebbles -that is
Diane: If the line runs up to my house…the I would go to the each of the other sides
Diane: and ask “”Does the geopathic line exit on this side?”" (You need to have programmed the rods
Diane: so that they respond a certain way for YES and another way for NO)
Diane: Once you know where the geopathic line exits the ouse, you now need to go inside.
Diane: Starting where the line entered from outside, trace it with your rods to the point where it exits.
Diane: It’s a good idea to mark the layout of your home out on paper first so you can mark the line as you go through the house.
Diane: …sorry for the typos….
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Doris: Hi Diane, I am new to chatting so I hope you will be patient. Can you do this for an apartment as well? - on a higher floor?
Diane: If the line goes through your bedroom and runs under any portion of your bed, then it may be affecting your health - physical, mental, emotional, etc.
Diane: Hi Doris, welcome!
UniHOST: no problem with the typos lol
Diane: Yes, you can do it for an apartment too.
Diane: The lines run upwards through all floors. People have even been able to find them on airplanes!
UniHOST: oh wow
Doris: Oh! Wow too! I’ve heard of changing the way your bed faces - is that something to do with these lines?
Diane: It is a little harder to do an apartment from the outside. I’d probably just do the apartment inside. Unless you spend time in a garden or something at the back of the apartment.
Diane: Yes, one of the ways to get away from the ill effects of these lines that run under your bed is to move your bed.
Diane: Or, if you feel comfortable with your dowsing, you can ask that the lines be transmuted to beneficial energy for the time they are in your house.
UniHOST: oh wow
Doris: Please continue - this is interesting!
UniHOST: agree it is
Diane: You don’t want to change the line outside your home as these lines, though non-beneficial to humans, can be very beneficial to other creatures and plant-life.
UniHOST: good to know
Diane: You might see a tree that is growing at a 45 degree angle…that could mean that it is trying to move out of the way of a line.
Doris: Neat! What do you do to ask that the lines be transmuted?
Diane: Ants love it where 2 non-beneficial lines to humans, cross.
They’ll build their anthill there.
Diane: In the house, dogs avoid the lines, but cats love to sleep on them!
UniHOST: wow
Diane: To transmute them, I’d ask “”please transmute the energy from this geopathic line in my house so that it is beneficial to me
Diane: Then, after a few seconds, I’d ask “”Has the energy been transmuted as asked?”"
UniHOST: and how would you know if it was possible for that geopathic line?
UniHOST: ok lol
UniHOST: ty
Diane: If you get a NO, ask “”Can this geopathic line be transmuted as I asked?”"
Diane: If you get NO, then you have no choice but to move the bed, chair, etc.
UniHOST: wonderful
Diane: If you get a YES that it can be transmuted, then repeat the desire.
Diane: Sometimes, you may have to wait 24 hours or so and try again.
UniHOST: ok good to know
Doris: What else can you use L-rods for in the house? Can you find lost objects?
Diane: Unfortunately, there may be more than 1 line under your house.
UniHOST: how many can be in one area?
Diane: Yes Doris, here you can use just 1 L-rod. Stand in a corner of one room and ask “”Please show me the direction that my keys (or whatever) is in.”"
Diane: Then ask the rod to take you to the keys. Follow the rod.
Doris: Hmmm… I’ve misplaced my L-rods, now I’m really stuck! lol
UniHOST: lol
Diane: It may try to take you through walls!
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UniHOST: lol
Diane: So you’ll have to walk around and talk up the chase again!
Doris: lol
Diane: Uni, there can be dozens of lines…I only ask for the ones that are really non-beneficial to my health.
UniHOST: ok ty
Diane: You can make an L-rod or 2 from coat hangers. The quickest way involves no cutting.
UniHOST: wonderful
Diane: Just hold the coat hanger along the bottom, with the hook pointing out in front of you. It works fine. You just have to hold it fairly loosely so that it can turn easily.
UniHOST: how might you use the L rods to measure someones aura, and can you help someone’s aura with the L rods?
Diane: Or, you can cut the coat hanger so that the bottom is the long part of the rod and the section that goes up to the hook becomes the handle - have to bend it so it is at 90 degrees.
UniHOST: cool
Diane: Yes, you can do it for an apartment too.
Diane: The lines run upwards through all floors. People have even been able to find them on airplanes!
UniHOST: oh wow
Doris: Oh! Wow too! I’ve heard of changing the way your bed faces - is that something to do with these lines?
Diane: It is a little harder to do an apartment from the outside. I’d probably just do the apartment inside. Unless you spend time in a garden or something at the back of the apartment.
Diane: Yes, one of the ways to get away from the ill effects of these lines that run under your bed is to move your bed.
Diane: Or, if you feel comfortable with your dowsing, you can ask that the lines be transmuted to beneficial energy for the time they are in your house.
UniHOST: oh wow
Doris: Please continue - this is interesting!
UniHOST: agree it is
Diane: You don’t want to change the line outside your home as these lines, though non-beneficial to humans, can be very beneficial to other creatures and plant-life.
UniHOST: good to know
Diane: You might see a tree that is growing at a 45 degree angle…that could mean that it is trying to move out of the way of a line.
Doris: Neat! What do you do to ask that the lines be transmuted?
Diane: Ants love it where 2 non-beneficial lines to humans, cross.
They’ll build their anthill there.
Diane: In the house, dogs avoid the lines, but cats love to sleep on them!
UniHOST: wow
Diane: To transmute them, I’d ask “”please transmute the energy from this geopathic line in my house so that it is beneficial to me
Diane: Then, after a few seconds, I’d ask “”Has the energy been transmuted as asked?”"
UniHOST: and how would you know if it was possible for that geopathic line?
UniHOST: ok lol
UniHOST: ty
Diane: If you get a NO, ask “”Can this geopathic line be transmuted as I asked?”"
Diane: If you get NO, then you have no choice but to move the bed, chair, etc.
UniHOST: wonderful
Diane: If you get a YES that it can be transmuted, then repeat the desire.
Diane: Sometimes, you may have to wait 24 hours or so and try again.
UniHOST: ok good to know
Doris: What else can you use L-rods for in the house? Can you find lost objects?
Diane: Unfortunately, there may be more than 1 line under your house.
UniHOST: how many can be in one area?
Diane: Yes Doris, here you can use just 1 L-rod. Stand in a corner of one room and ask “”Please show me the direction that my keys (or whatever) is in.”"
Diane: Then ask the rod to take you to the keys. Follow the rod.
Doris: Hmmm… I’ve misplaced my L-rods, now I’m really stuck! lol
UniHOST: lol
Diane: It may try to take you through walls!
g:
UniHOST: lol
Diane: So you’ll have to walk around and talk up the chase again!
Doris: lol
Diane: Uni, there can be dozens of lines…I only ask for the ones that are really non-beneficial to my health.
UniHOST: ok ty
Diane: You can make an L-rod or 2 from coat hangers. The quickest way involves no cutting.
UniHOST: wonderful
Diane: Just hold the coat hanger along the bottom, with the hook pointing out in front of you. It works fine. You just have to hold it fairly loosely so that it can turn easily.
UniHOST: how might you use the L rods to measure someones aura, and can you help someone’s aura with the L rods?
Diane: Or, you can cut the coat hanger so that the bottom is the long part of the rod and the section that goes up to the hook becomes the handle - have to bend it so it is at 90 degrees.
UniHOST: cool
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